The First Strand

Rhalkyr

In which Rhalkyr meets @Viravain , and falls immediately, madly, irrevocably in love. (And somehow manages not to get murdered, which was kind of a surprise tbh?)

Also She gives him a task! 

The First Strand

Given that @Xenthos is his go-to for pestering with questions, he...Pesters him with questions about his new task. 

What follows is 1) a frankly fascinating discussion on what the greev actually is, or could be, 2) a new task, and 3) an ominous portent of things to come, and a mutual promise to stand ready for whatever that may be.

Tasks, Present and Future

Casually slides Xenthos up onto Rhalkyr's pantheon of the Glomdoring's deific and demideific figures

(I now have the POWER TO EDIT! So I shall be collating the further logs in here, for tidiness' sake. )

Come In To My Parlour (Rhalkyr has a chat with Afollia and almost gets eaten, and gets told he blasphemed against Viravain. This Upsets him.)

Disappointment (Rhalkyr is still upsettie spaghetti about being a Bad Glomling and shame spiralling, Esei helps! Also hurts, but accidentally so it's okay. )

What Does She Really Want? (Continuing in his largely fruitless quest for answers, Rhalkyr turns his attention to Irilara, and muses on the nature of the task. )

Always, In Threes [ Alternate backup, just in case! ] (Rhalkyr and Esei mull over the quandry, to no avail - Until Khasur, Viravain's Herald, shows up.)

Rhalkyr

In which Rhalkyr has a lovely chat with @Afollia about the task @Viravain set for him, and very nearly gets eaten. He is making an unfortunate habit of coming distressingly close to being eaten and/or murdered by charming spider ladies. 

Come In To My Parlour  ( Second, backup link in case ada's breaks on me again)

You think to yourself: A cruel, humourous timing, to see the objects of his inner turmoil

manifested, and so soon after the riving of his certainty. The others about the clearing are faint, 

indistinct figures, their words the fuzzed, blurred background noise of the forest as he stares 

between the Lady and the Lord, heart twisting in anguished indecision. How does he choose, between 

perfection, and perfection? How does he pick one to focus on, over the other? Misery.

(Took place a little after, but, relevant!)

Rhalkyr

A little while thereafter, Rhalkyr is spending some with with @Esei ,who tries to ease his spiral and succeeds - somewhat. They also poison him, accidentally, just as he thinks that they have been commanded to by @Viravain because of the weird flavour of tea. hilariously fantastic timing

Disappointment

Rhalkyr

Rhalkyr continues to ask basically anyone older than him (which is everyone, essentially) about the origins of the Greev. His latest elder to question is @Irilara ! (Also Illyria is there, but the meat of that encounter is posted elsewhere by Illy herself C: ) 

What Does She Really Want?

Rhalkyr

Phew, boy. This is a, uh. A big one. Highly recommend ctrl+f for Khasur to get to the juicy NPC action - Rhalkyr gets to ask three questions of her about the Greev (A gift from @Viravain ), and it...Does not go so well? (Also it turns out this task that I thought was just something to keep a newbie busy is, in fact, Probably Important, weep)

Otherwise! @Esei continues to try to gently thwap some self-worth into him, and he continues to resist mulishly. There is a MOUNTAIN load of angsty thinkmotes in this one, especially at the end when they go to @Nocht 's fulcrux. 

Always, In Threes ( Alternate backup, just in case! )